Deception No. 4_ Why Is Hassan’S Character Similar to the Character of the Messenger of God

Haqi’s Interpretation - Part 6, Page 281 Sufyan ibn Uyaynah said: Having many women is not part of this world, because Ali was the most ascetic of the Prophet’s companions, peace be upon him, and he had four wives and seventeen concubines. Al-Mughira ibn Shu’ba married eighty women, and Al-Hasan ibn Ali was prolific, until he married more than two hundred women. He, peace be upon him, said: “You resemble my creation and my character.”

First: As for the fact that Al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) resembled the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in his creation and character, this is true. The meaning of resembling him in his character is that the characteristic that is proven for him is proven for the Prophet. If Al-Hasan ibn Ali had the sexual ability to have a strong relationship with women, then there is no doubt that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was like that. As for their citing as evidence for this characteristic the many marriages that Al-Hasan had, this is an appropriate evidence, as it is not reasonable that he would marry such a number of sexually weak or impotent men.

Second: If the scholars have proven that Al-Hasan was strong in this aspect as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was, and there is no fault in that of course, this means that he resembles him in this characteristic as well, just as he resembles him in all other characteristics. This does not mean that this is the entirety of the similarity, as the deceiver tries to make us understand.

Third: There is not a single man on earth who would boast that he is sexually weak - even if he were - and if we say that the Prophet - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - and his family were physically strong, both inwardly and outwardly, then there is no doubt that this aspect of strength is part of it. I do not think that in order to please some fools we will be forced to conceal such a physical characteristic in him that has been proven by experience, as the Prophet - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - married more than one woman - as is known - according to what our Sharia permits, and it has not been reported that he was otherwise.

Fourth: If the scholars liken al-Hasan to the Prophet in this aspect, this does not mean that they are saying that this is all the similarities, rather they are talking about a reality that happened with al-Hasan, may Allah be pleased with him, and they mention that it indicates his strength that resembles the strength of the Prophet - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - so there is nothing strange in that.

Fifth: The forger cited the text of Al-Ghazali’s words, although the book usually has the commentary of Al-Hafiz Al-Iraqi at the end, which denies the text of this hadith, although we do not deny that Al-Hassan, may God be pleased with him, resembled the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. This is the text of Al-Iraqi’s commentary on this paragraph: Hadith that he said to Al-Hassan bin Ali, “You resemble my appearance and character.” I said, “It is known that he said this wording to Ja’far bin Abi Talib, as agreed upon from the hadith of Al-Bara’, but Al-Hassan also resembled the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, as agreed upon from the hadith of Abu Juhayfah, Al-Tirmidhi, who authenticated it, and Ibn Hibban from the hadith of Anas, “No one resembled the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, more than Al-Hassan.”

As for the text of the hadith that the forger cited, it was mentioned regarding Ja’far bin Abi Talib: It was mentioned in Al-Sunan Al-Kubra: On the authority of Ali, may God be pleased with him, he said, “We came to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, I, Ja’far, and Zaid, so he said to Zaid, “You are our brother and our master,” so he blushed, and he said to Ja’far, “You resemble my appearance and character,” so he blushed after Zaid’s blushed. Then he said to me, “You are from me and I am from you,” so I blushed after Ja’far’s blushed.

And he mentioned the reason for that was their quarrel over their haste to do good: Ahmad bin Harb told us, he said Al-Qasim Al-Jarmi told us, he said Israel told us, on the authority of Abu Ishaq, on the authority of Hubayrah bin Yareem and Hani bin Hani, on the authority of Ali, he said: When we returned from Mecca, Hamza’s daughter cried out, “O uncle, O uncle.” Ali took hold of her and said to Fatima, “Here is your cousin.” So he carried her and Ali, Ja’far and Zaid argued over her. Ali said, “I have more right to her, for she is my cousin.” Ja’far said, “My cousin is my daughter, and her maternal aunt is under me.” Zaid said, “My brother’s daughter.” So the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ruled that she be in favor of her maternal aunt, and said, “The maternal aunt is in the position of the mother.” He said to Ali, “You are from me and I am from you .” He said to Ja’far, “You resemble my creation and my character .” He said to Zaid, “O Zaid, you are our brother and our master.”

As for what was reported regarding Al-Hasan, may Allah be pleased with him, it is what Al-Bukhari reported :Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Ibrahim told me: Husayn ibn Muhammad told me: Jarir told us, on the authority of Muhammad, on the authority of Anas ibn Malik, may God be pleased with him: Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad was brought the head of al-Husayn, peace be upon him, and it was placed in a basin. He began to poke at it and say something about its beauty. Anas said: He was the most similar to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he had dyed his hair with henna.

What was mentioned about Al-Hasan, may God be pleased with him, is also in Al-Bukhari, No. 3750, on the authority of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him : Abdun told us, Abdullah told us, Umar bin Saeed bin Abi Husayn told me, on the authority of Ibn Abi Mulaykah, on the authority of Uqbah bin Al-Harith, who said: I saw Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him, carrying Al-Hasan and he was saying: My father resembles the Prophet, but he does not resemble Ali. And Ali was laughing.

And from it is what was reported on the authority of Anas, may God be pleased with him: Ibrahim bin Musa told me, Hisham bin Yusuf told us, on the authority of Ma’mar, on the authority of Al-Zuhri, on the authority of Anas. And Abd Al-Razzaq said, Ma’mar told us, on the authority of Al-Zuhri, Anas told me, he said, “No one resembled the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, more than Al-Hasan bin Ali.”

What was reported on the authority of Abu Juhaifa: Muhammad ibn Bashar told us, Yahya ibn Saeed told us, Ismail ibn Abi Khalid told us on the authority of Abu Juhaifa, who said: I saw the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and Al-Hasan ibn Ali resembled him. This is a good and authentic hadith.

Sixth: As for the number of wives and concubines, the deceiver can refer to his Holy Book to learn about the number of Solomon’s wives and concubines as stated in the First Book of Kings 11/3: “And he had seven hundred noble wives and three hundred concubines.”